Carbon forestry is surprising

• Published in: Forest Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Pukkala, Timo
• Other Authors: School of Forest Sciences, activities
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Subjects: carbon balance; carbon sequestration; decomposition model; wood product modelBoreal forest; Deadwood; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/6261

Background Forestry offers possibilities to sequestrate carbon in living biomass, deadwood and forest soil, as well as in products prepared of wood. In addition, the use of wood may reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels. However, harvesting decreases the carbon stocks of forests and increases em...